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  How does Yii Compare with Other Frameworks?

Installation

• Requirements

• Caching
• Data Caching
  • Cache Dependency
    Query Caching
• Fragment Caching
  • Caching Options
    Nested Caching
• Page Caching
• Dynamic Content

• Apache
  Nginx

Creating Your First Yii Application

• Connecting to Database
  Implementing CRUD Operations

Fundamentals

• Model-View-Controller (MVC)
  • A Typical Workow
• Entry Script
  • Debug Mode
• Application
  • Application Con_guration
    Application Base Directory
    Application Components
    Core Application Components
    Application Life Cycle
• Controller
  • Route
    Controller Instantiation
    Action
    Filter
• Model
• View
  • Layout
    Widget
    System View
• Component
  • Component Property
    Component Event
    Component Behavior
• Module
  • Creating Module
    Using Module
    Nested Module
• Path Alias and Namespace
  • Root Alias
    Importing Classes
    Importing Directories
    Namespace
    Namespaced Classes
• Conventions
  • URL
    Code
    Con_guration
    File
    Directory
    Database
• Development Workow
• Best MVC Practices
  • Model
    View
    Controller

• Extending Yii
• Using Extensions
  • Zii Extensions
    Application Component
    Behavior
    Widget
    Action
    Filter
    Controller
    Validator
    Console Command
    Module
    Generic Component
• Creating Extensions
  • Application Component
    Behavior
    Widget
    Action
    Filter
    Controller
    Validator
    Console Command
    Module
    Generic Component
• Using 3rd-Party Libraries
  • Using namespaced 3rd-Party Libraries
    Using Yii in 3rd-Party Systems

Testing

• Testing
  • Test-Driven Development
    Test Environment Setup
    Test Bootstrap Script
• De_ning Fixtures
• Unit Testing
• Functional Testing

Working with Forms

• Working with Form
• Creating Model
  • De_ning Model Class
    Declaring Validation Rules
    Securing Attribute Assignments
    Triggering Validation
    Retrieving Validation Errors
    Attribute Labels
• Creating Action
• Creating Form
• Collecting Tabular Input
• Using Form Builder
  • Basic Concepts
    Creating a Simple Form
    Specifying Form Elements
    Accessing Form Elements
    Creating a Nested Form
    Customizing Form Display

• Automatic Code Generation
  • Using Gii
    Extending Gii
• URL Management
  • Creating URLs
    User-friendly URLs
    Using Named Parameters
    Parameterizing Routes
    Parameterizing Hostnames
    Hiding index.php
    Faking URL Su_x
    Using Custom URL Rule Classes
• Authentication and Authorization
  • De_ning Identity Class
    Login and Logout
    Cookie-based Login
    Access Control Filter
    Handling Authorization Result
    Role-Based Access Control
    Con_guring Authorization Manager
    De_ning Authorization Hierarchy
    Using Business Rules
• Theming
  • Using a Theme
    Creating a Theme
    Theming Widgets
    Customizing Widgets Globally
    Skin
• Logging
  • Message Logging
    Message Routing
    Message Filtering
    Logging Context Information
    Performance Pro_ling
    Pro_ling SQL Executions
• Error Handling
  • Raising Exceptions
    Displaying Errors
    Handling Errors Using an Action
    Message Logging
• Web Service
  • De_ning Service Provider
    Declaring Web Service Action
    Consuming Web Service
    Data Types
    Class Mapping
    Intercepting Remote Method Invocation
• Internationalization
  • Locale and Language
    Translation
    Date and Time Formatting
    Number Formatting
• Using Alternative Template Syntax
  • Using CPradoViewRenderer
    Mixing Template Formats
• Console Applications
  • Overview
    Creating Commands
    Console Command Action
    Customizing Console Applications
• Security
  • Cross-site Scripting Prevention
    Cross-site Request Forgery Prevention
    Cookie Attack Prevention
• Performance Tuning
  • Enabling APC Extension
    Disabling Debug Mode
    Using yiilite.php
    Using Caching Techniques
    Database Optimization
    Minimizing Script Files

• Working with Database
• Data Access Objects (DAO)
  • Establishing Database Connection
    Executing SQL Statements
    Fetching Query Results
    Using Transactions
    Binding Parameters
    Binding Columns
    Using Table Pre_x
• Query Builder
  • Preparing Query Builder
    Building Data Retrieval Queries
    Building Data Manipulation Queries
    Building Schema Manipulation Queries
• Active Record
  • Establishing DB Connection
    De_ning AR Class
    Creating Record
    Reading Record
    Updating Record
    Deleting Record
    Data Validation
    Comparing Records
    Customization
    Using Transaction with AR
    Named Scopes
• Relational Active Record
  • Declaring Relationship
    Performing Relational Query
    Performing Relational query without getting related models
    Relational Query Options
    Disambiguating Column Names
    Dynamic Relational Query Options
    Relational Query Performance
    Statistical Query
    Relational Query with Named Scopes
    Relational Query with through
• Database Migration
  • Creating Migrations
    Transactional Migrations
    Applying Migrations
    Reverting Migrations
    Redoing Migrations
    Showing Migration Information
    Modifying Migration History
    Customizing Migration Command

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